Lavandin (1953–1978) was a French Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a brief career which lasted from November 1955 to June 1956, Lavandin ran five times...

King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes : Vimy (1955) Epsom Derby : Lavandin (1956) Prix de la Forêt : Épinard (1922), Midget (1956) Prix d'Astarté :...

surgery earlier that year. Galileo was a 16 1⁄2 hh (64.5 inches, 164 cm) bay horse with a narrow white blaze and a white sock on his near hind leg. He was...

before returning to form to win the Epsom Derby. He went on to defeat older horses in the Coral-Eclipse and the Juddmonte International Stakes. City of Troy...

sired by Japanese Triple Crown champion Deep Impact, who was the Japanese Horse of the Year in 2005 and 2006. Auguste Rodin is the first foal produced by...

was unbeaten in five races. In the following season, he became the first horse for thirty-five years to win the English Triple Crown, a feat that has not...

or fourteen times and won nine or ten races. In 1788 he became the first horse owned by a member of the British royal family to win The Derby, having been...

and the Irish Derby. His performances earned him the title of British Horse of the Year. Santa Claus was a dark-coated bay stallion standing a little...

stated they stole the horse. The IRA has never admitted any role in the theft. The Aga Khan, Shergar's owner, sent the horse for training in Britain...

Triple Crown races: 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Gilles de Retz The Derby – Lavandin St. Leger Stakes – Cambremer United States Triple Crown races: May 5 –...

Derby Stakes, also known as the Derby or the Epsom Derby, is a Group 1 flat horse race in England open to three-year-old colts and fillies. It is run at Epsom...

through his son, Bend Or. List of racehorses Bend Or Stockwell (horse) The Baron (horse) "Doncaster pedigree". equineline.com. 2012-05-08. Retrieved 2012-08-11...

and won a second Breeders' Cup Turf. High Chaparral was a dark-coated bay horse with a white star. He stood just over 16 hands high and was bred in County...

Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1886 English Triple Crown and was labelled the 'horse of the century' at the time. He also won the St. James's Palace Stakes,...

performances led to The Minstrel becoming horse of the year in the UK and later being inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame. The Minstrel spent...

Fame (1987–2011) was a British-bred and British-trained Thoroughbred race horse and sire. In a racing career which lasted from October 1989 until November...

little impact as a stallion. He died in 2011. Shahrastani was a chestnut horse with a broad white blaze bred in Kentucky by his owner HH Aga Khan IV. He...

won twelve of fourteen races and finished second in the other two. The horse was an outstanding two-year-old in 1970 but proved even better at three...

Hyperion's conformation: "[Hyperion was a] muscular, powerfully built chestnut horse...he was short-legged and long-bodied for his height [15.1 hands (61 inches...

Rock Sand (1900–1914) was a British Thoroughbred race horse and sire. In a career which lasted from the spring of 1902 until October 1904 he ran twenty...

outsider and made no impact, finishing unplaced behind the French-trained Lavandin. Later in the month he returned to the one mile distance for the St. James's...

(1927–1958), also known as Blenheim II, was a British Thoroughbred race horse who won The Derby in 1930. As sire, he had a major influence on pedigrees...

of a Godstone inn where he was staying suddenly died. Being the finest horse in the stable, and assuming he was owned by the stablemaster he was briefly...

Macdonald and Jane's. ISBN 0-354-08536-0. "Horseracing History Online – Horse Profile : St Frusquin". Horseracinghistory.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-11-16....

Point (26 February 1984– December 1991) was a British Thoroughbred race horse and sire. In a career which lasted from August 1986 to October 1987 he ran...

Persimmon (1893–1908) was a British Thoroughbred race horse and sire. In a racing career that lasted from June 1895 to July 1897 he ran nine times and...

proved to be a highly successful and influential stallion. Roberto was a bay horse with a white blaze bred by John W. Galbreath at his Darby Dan Farm in Lexington...

toward the line, and the horse eventually finished fifth, only ahead of the pacemaker. Moore put the loss down to the horse not settling as he had done...

he became the third of six horses to win both The Derby and the Grand Prix de Paris. He was the second foreign-bred horse, after Gladiateur in 1865, to...

and was retired from racing at the end of the season. Harzand is a brown horse with no white markings bred in Ireland by his owner the Aga Khan. He is...